Often, truth isn’t handed down from public officials but comes from listening to other voices. Once a week, you can hear a wide variety of views from people who shape our corner of the world in New York’s Capital Region. The Altamont Enterprise is the weekly newspaper of record for Albany County, New York.We’ve talked with a Buddhist who provided therapy for Gilda Radner and then helped set up Gilda’s Club after she died; with a Muslim woman who is trying to educate people about her religion as she feels increased hatred; with an African-American man who...
Dennis Barber — 100 years of loving the land
31 mins; July 25, 2021
Will Aubrey and John Loz — Counting migrating raptors
40 mins; July 16, 2021
Emma White — Cycling in the Tokyo Olympics
26 mins; July 08, 2021
Jim Milton, director of “Women and War” at Conkling Hall
30 mins; July 01, 2021
Joy Bennett — Old Songs takes on new life
33 mins; June 25, 2021
Aaron Mair of Guilderland, wilderness campaign for the Adirondacks
43 mins; June 18, 2021
Frank Beretz — “escape the modern time" at the Gas Up
29 mins; June 11, 2021
Savanna Jiang and Maxine Alpart, Guilderland High School activists
39 mins; June 07, 2021
Faith Borkowski and Georgia Burtt, ending a pandemic with a music festival
29 mins; May 30, 2021
Jason Brinkman, Albany Dutchmen baseball
31 mins; May 25, 2021
Phil Teumim, "contemporary folk" and Old Songs
39 mins; May 24, 2021
Vaclav Sotola, from Czechoslovakia to Guilderland
35 mins; May 07, 2021
Willard Martin — plays bring community together
30 mins; April 30, 2021
Ed Chevrette — tales from general aviation
26 mins; April 22, 2021
John Hughes, between Hameenlinna and Altamont
29 mins; April 16, 2021
Alexis Pris — Delmar's first female Eagle Scout
30 mins; April 11, 2021
Carol Maslowsky — Belle View Farm in Westerlo
41 mins; April 02, 2021
Gudrun Bellerjeau — A Knox shop as a place to get away
41 mins; March 26, 2021
The Drowsy Chaperone by Voorheesville Dionysians
37 mins; March 19, 2021
Ellen Zunon — the journal of Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert
37 mins; March 12, 2021
Sandra Stempel — “Writing helps you discover yourself”
34 mins; March 05, 2021
Bill Combs Jr. — photographing the Schoharie County Eagle Trail
34 mins; February 26, 2021
Peter Lindemann — immersed in history
36 mins; February 23, 2021
Major David Erickson — citizenship and leadership
32 mins; February 16, 2021
Jennifer Bashant — positive psychology
27 mins; February 05, 2021
Lora Ricketts — a lifetime in the Hilltowns
31 mins; February 02, 2021
Thomas Capuano — Race and history in Altamont
37 mins; January 25, 2021
Clare Gaffey — Arctic scientist
29 mins; January 15, 2021
Year in review — The Altamont Enterprise 2020
42 mins; January 11, 2021
James E. Gardner — A master printer and publisher
29 mins; January 01, 2021
Dennis Sullivan — Christmas Day podcast
39 mins; December 25, 2020
Jennifer Dorsey — ordained 'Mother Jen'
24 mins; December 20, 2020
Robert Porter — explaining a Marine
44 mins; December 15, 2020
Judy Carey Nevin — “Kindness is so easy and it’s free”
35 mins; December 05, 2020
Rebecca Platel — Rural-urban connections
27 mins; November 28, 2020
Dennis Cyr, A Trump supporter who won't give up
33 mins; November 19, 2020
Ed Biittig — Lessons in recovering from alcoholism
44 mins; November 13, 2020
Helen Marie Lounsbury and Walter Galicki — 1950s Berne on film
39 mins; November 09, 2020
Brian Barr — Recognition for students often overlooked
35 mins; October 30, 2020
John Arrighi — Rensselaerville's Conkling Hall
35 mins; October 22, 2020
Marcy Forti — Union College student on diversity and acceptance
33 mins; October 16, 2020
Inga Boudreau — From the Hilltowns to publishing
35 mins; October 08, 2020
Altamont library story swap — Program of the Year Award
32 mins; October 05, 2020
Timothy Rau — "Nothing more honest than a timber frame"
32 mins; September 25, 2020
Katherine Hill Brown — author of “The Summer Girl”
38 mins; September 21, 2020
Gwendolyn Bondi — The U.S. Constitution
31 mins; September 15, 2020
Andrew Maycock — director, writer, and teacher
33 mins; September 04, 2020
Wilma Beason Jenssen — “An Iowa Teacher Blossoms in Harlem”
55 mins; August 28, 2020
CiCi Ferrara — A young voice of calm on race
32 mins; August 21, 2020
John Gonzalez — TaĂno/Pimicikamak journalist, activist
28 mins; August 14, 2020
The Prue family — pregnancy perseverance
36 mins; August 07, 2020
Sarah Gordon — respecting others' perspectives
31 mins; July 30, 2020
Rev. Robert J. Luidens — Altamont's Pastor Bob
46 mins; July 24, 2020
Jonathan Feil — cycling across the country
30 mins; July 16, 2020
Milton Hart — WWII veteran vying for local monument
33 mins; July 09, 2020
Grace Nichols — recording bats in the pine bush
35 mins; July 03, 2020
Mohammad Yadegari — hard truths in an immigrant's experience
38 mins; June 26, 2020
Judith Enck — Beyond Plastics
39 mins; June 19, 2020
A barber's grand opening delayed
30 mins; June 14, 2020
Alice Green, executive director Center for Law and Justice in Albany
45 mins; June 04, 2020
Brenna Autrey, Guilderland teacher, is “100-percent in”
29 mins; May 29, 2020
Christine Primomo — Answer the census, get engaged
28 mins; May 22, 2020
Karen Sigond, R.N. — “Get the care you need.”
33 mins; May 14, 2020
Melissa Hale-Spencer — the Golden Dozen of editorial writing
32 mins; May 08, 2020
Craig LeHoullier — tomato guru says 'dig in'
30 mins; April 30, 2020
Sara Slack — Sojourn to Antarctica
28 mins; April 23, 2020
Hedi McKinley — Mental health notes from a centenarian
30 mins; April 16, 2020
Ward Stone — former wildlife pathologist
43 mins; April 11, 2020
Steven Wickham, Guilderland Coalition for Responsible Growth
35 mins; April 03, 2020
Evan, Lena, and Clara Thomas — Berne-Knox-Westerlo students
22 mins; March 27, 2020
Chris Claus — Gallupville House
47 mins; March 19, 2020
Thom Breitenbach, an Altamont artist and his legacy
34 mins; March 12, 2020
Bethany Mazura, marathon runner, "Find a thing you love"
28 mins; March 05, 2020
Karen Magnuson Beil, local author on names, science, and Carl Linnaeus
36 mins; February 27, 2020
Jean Lee Hungerford Krull, looking back on life in Altamont
29 mins; February 20, 2020
Laurel Tormey Cole, the endangered rusty patched bumblebee
38 mins; February 13, 2020
Jenevieve Lussier, transgender performer
32 mins; February 06, 2020
Teacher Alicia Stenard, addressing school lockdowns
39 mins; January 30, 2020
Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Ph.D., named to BBC "100 inspiring and influential women"
30 mins; January 23, 2020
Mary Jo Batters, caring for an elderly parent and people in need
29 mins; January 16, 2020
Sue McDonough, a trooper and animal cruelty expert
39 mins; January 12, 2020
2019 in review: Reporters talk about the year's remarkable stories
30 mins; January 02, 2020
Cathy Light, school bus driver with deep passions
44 mins; December 27, 2019
Charlotte Palmeri, Cancer caregiver
37 mins; December 19, 2019
Charles Gehring, On America's Dutch roots
57 mins; December 12, 2019
Rich Schreibstein, photographing the local landscape
43 mins; December 05, 2019
Michael Vincent, hunting and the Berne Conservation Club
36 mins; November 28, 2019
Teresa Gil, author on a life of service
36 mins; November 21, 2019
Mike Moak, A 50sub4 runner racing Father Time
38 mins; November 14, 2019
Damion Coppedge, poetry, chess, and Buddhism in prison
33 mins; November 07, 2019
Zach Appio, telling stories with Odd Concept Media
33 mins; October 31, 2019
Altamont Story Swap, Pt. 2
40 mins; October 24, 2019
Altamont Story Swap, Pt. 1
31 mins; October 22, 2019
Corrina Goutos, artist: “Let your kids dream so big"
24 mins; October 10, 2019
Christopher Philipo, New York State's local historians
53 mins; October 03, 2019
Nick Yetto, Clarksville author of "Sommelier of Deformity"
33 mins; September 26, 2019
Fan Pen Chen, a professor in Guilderland's community gardens
31 mins; September 19, 2019
Dorothy Bremer Kohler, memoirist
29 mins; September 12, 2019
Edgar Tolmie, waiting for a heart
23 mins; September 05, 2019
Laura Shore, Altamont artist buttressing local culture